Car Nicobar-class patrol vessel

INS Tarmugli (T91) near Visakhapatnam port.
Class overview
NameCar Nicobar class
BuildersGarden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Operators Indian Navy
Preceded byBangaram class
Succeeded by NGFAC Class
Cost₹500 million (US$6.0 million)
Built2007–2017
In commission2009-present
Planned14
Completed14
Active
Retired0
General characteristics
TypeFast attack craft
Displacement
  • Fleet I: 293 t (288 long tons; 323 short tons)[1]
  • Fleet II: 315 t (310 long tons; 347 short tons)[2]
Length48.9 m (160 ft 5 in)[1]
Beam7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)[1]
Draught2.1 m (6 ft 11 in)[1]
Propulsion
  • 3 × MTU 16V 4000 M90 diesel engines, 11,238 PS (8,266 kW)
  • 3 × Hamilton HM811 waterjets[1]
Speed35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph)[1]
Range2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph)[1]
Crew29 including 6 officers[1]
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Navigation radar
  • LINK II tactical datalink and satellite communication (SATCOM) to Rukmani[2]
  • Surface search radar[1]
Armament

The Car Nicobar class of high-speed offshore patrol vessels are built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) for the Indian Navy. The vessels are designed as a cost-effective platform for patrol, anti-piracy and rescue operations in India's exclusive economic zone. In 2023, one of the ships, INS Tarmugli, was donated to the Maldivian Coast Guard.[3][4]

The class and its vessels are named for Indian islands. They are the first water jet-propelled vessels of the Indian Navy.[5]

Unlike the United States Coast Guard's similarly sized Sentinel class cutters, the class is propelled by water jets, at up to 35 knots (65 km/h), where the American patrol vessels conventional propulsion systems maximum stated speed is 28 knots (52 km/h). Both classes have a mission endurance of 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km).

INS Kalpeni (T-75) visited the Port of Colombo, Sri Lanka from 19 to 21 October 2024 as a part of Operational Turnaround. The ship with a 70-member was commanded by Lieutenant Commander Jonathan Sunil S Kothari.[6]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Commodore Stephen Saunders, ed. (2016). "India". Jane's Fighting Ships 2016–2017 (119th ed.). Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. p. 357. ISBN 978-0710631855.
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference jdw-1jul15 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Eastern Naval Command bids farewell to INS Tarmugli in Visakhapatnam". The Hindu. 7 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Rajnath Singh hands over Fast Patrol Vessel, Landing Craft Assault ship to Maldives". The Economic Times. 2 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Indian Navy to Commission INS Carnicobar, INS Chetlat". India Defence. 16 February 2009. Archived from the original on 14 August 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  6. ^ PTI (19 October 2024). "Indian navy fast attack craft INS Kalpeni arrives in Colombo". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 20 October 2024.